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Euro warnings go unheeded, poll suggests

Sam Coates

June 19 2012, 1:01am, The Times

Vince Cable repeatedly compared the current situation to the depression of the 1930sTimes Photographer, David Bebber

Vince Cable has declared that the British economy is in a “slump” as a new Populus poll for The Times suggests that Britons are showing little sign of preparing for an economic meltdown caused by the single currency.

Asked how optimistic or pessimistic they are about the economy, voters show little change in outlook since February.

The proportion thinking that the next 12 months will go “badly” for the country has risen to 72 per cent, up from 69 per cent in February but well below a peak last November of 79 per cent. There is a similar pattern when people consider their own economic fortunes, with 55 per cent saying it will go “badly”, down from a November high of 61 per cent.